Sanitary garment



y' 1954 l'. 5. DE WOSKIN 2,678,648

SANITARY GARMENT FiledFeb. 11, 1955 FIGZ.

Patented May 18, 1954 UNITED "STAT This invention relates to sanitarygarments, and more particularly to a sanitary garment of the panty typefor being worn with a sanitary napkin.

Among the several objects of the invention may be noted the provision ofa sanitary garment of the panty type having improved means associatedtherewith for holding a sanitary napkin; the provision of a sanitarygarment of this class having fasteners for attachment to the ends of asanitary napkin associated with the garment in such manner assubstantially to eliminate stress upon the fabric of the garment whenthe garment is worn, and thereby avoiding tearing of the fabric; theprovision of a sanitary napkin of this class in which the fasteners aresecurely attached to the garment and not prone to be pulled out; and theprovision of a sanitary garment of this class which is economical tomanufacture. Among the various significant features of the invention maybe noted the provision of the panty having a waistband, an imperviouscrotch section, and narrow fabric tapes in the front and back caught attheir upper ends in the waistband seam and extending to the crotchsection, the tapes having sanitary napkin fasteners attached thereto attheir lower ends for holding a sanitary napkin in place in the crotchsection. Other objects and features will be in part apparent and in partpointed. out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the constructions hereinafterdescribed, the scope of the invention being indicated in the followingclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which one of various possibleembodiments of the invention is illustrated,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a sanitary garment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken substan tially on line 22 of Fig. 1;r

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig.2 and on the scale of Fig. 1.

Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding partsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, a sanitary panty garment of my invention isshown to comprise a body portion l of thin fabric material, which may beany conventional knitted fabric such as is widely used for pantygarments, for example rayon or nylon. The body portion consists of frontand back sections 3 and 5 joined at stitched side seams 1. An elasticwaistband 9 encircles the waist of the body portion, which is puckered,and is stitched to the waist by the seam indicated at H. The garment hasa one-piece crotch sec- 5 Claims. (Cl. 128-288) tion l3 of flexible,impervious, waterproof material, preferably a coated fabric such ascommercially available rayon coated on one side with a plastic, seamedby stitching along its front and back margins throughout their extent tothe front and back body sections as indicated at E5 and H, respectively.When plastic-coated fabric is used for the crotch section, theplastic-coated side is preferably on the inside. The body portion andcrotch section are cut to provide leg openings 19, and elastic bands 21encircle the le openings, being stitched to the puckered margins of thebody portion and the Side margins of the crotch section which extendalong the leg openings as indicated at 23. The front and back margins ofthe crotch section extend from one leg opening to the other.

On the inside of the front section of the body portion is a narrowsubstantially non-stretchable fabric tape 25 extending generallycentrally from the waist to and terminating at the center of the frontmargin of the crotch section and caught at its upper end in thewaistband seam H and at its lower end in the front crotch section seamiii. The tape 25 is stitched along its side margins to the front bodysection as indicated at 21. On the inside of the back section of thebody portion is a similar tape 29 extending centrally from the waist toand terminating at the center of the back margin of the crotch sectionand caught at its upper end in the waistband seam H and at its lower endin the back crotch seam ii. The tape 29 is stitched along its sidemargins to the back body section as indicated at 3!. Attached to eachtape at its lower end is a sanitary napkin fastener 33 of any suitabletype, and preferably (as illustrated) of the type shown in U. S. PatentD. 144,290 having an end opening 35 receiving stitching 3! attaching itto the tape just above the crotch section seam. The fasteners extendover the ends of the crotch section.

In use, a sanitary napkin (not shown in the drawings) is gripped at itsends by the fasteners 33 in position on the inside of the protectiveimpervious crotch section l3. Strain transmitted from the napkin to thefasteners is taken by the tapes 25 and 29, rather than by the thinfabric of the body portion of the garment, and transmitted by the tapesto the waistband 9 via the securement of the upper ends of the tapes inthe waistband seam H. Thus, the thin fabric of the body portion of thegarment is entirely relieved of strain resulting from the wearing of thegarment with a napkin, and any ripping or tearing of the garment such asotherwise might occur is precluded. Also, the securement of thenapkinfasteners to the tapes rather than to the thin fabric of thegarmentresults in a strong attachment preeluding ripping out of the fasteners.Also, the tapes reinforce the seams between the crotch section and thebody section to preclude ripping of the seams.

In view of the above, it will be seen that the several objects of theinvention are achieved and other advaritagebusresiilts attained.

As variouschan'ges'c'ould be made in the above constructions withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention, it is intended that allmatter contained in the above description or shown the accompanyingdrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitihgsnse.

1. A sanitary panty garment having a body portion of thin fabricmaterial and a crotch's'ection of impervious material, the body portionhaving a waistband-seamed thereto, the crotch section-having sidemarginextending along leg openings of the garment and front and back margins'extending from one leg opening of the garmentto the other, the frontand backmargins of the crotch section being seamed to the body portionthroughout-their extent, a narrow fabric tape at the front of the bodyportion caught at its upperend in the waistband seam and extending toand terminating at the center of the front margin-of the crotch-sectionand being caught at its lower "end in theseam securing the frontmargin-of the crotch-section to the body portion, a-narrow fabric 'tapeat 'the back of the body portion *caught at its upper end 'in thewaistband seam and extending to and terminating at the center of theback margin of the crotch section and 'b'ei'ng'caught 'at it lower endin the seam securing the back i na-rgin'o'f 'the crotch section to thebody portion, and sanitary napkin fasteners attached to the tapes attheir lower ends for holding a -sanitary napkin "inplace in the crotchsection.

2. A sanitary tpan'ty garment having a body portion'of "thin fabricmat'erial consisting of front and back section's joined "at stitchedside seams and'a one-'piece crot'ch section-of imperviou material, thebody "portion having an elastic waistband seamed thereto by stitching,the crotch section having side -'ina-rgins extending along leg openingsof the-garment and front and back margins extending from oneleg'opening'of the garment to the other, the fro'nt'and back margins ofthe crotch section being seamed by stitching to the body portionthroughout their extent, a narrow fabric tape at the froh't'df the bodyportion caught at its upper end the waistband seam and extending to andterminating at the center of the front "margin of the crotch section andbeing caught at its lower end in the "seam securing the front margin "ofthe crotch section 'to the body portion, a narrow fabric tape at theback of the body 'portio'ncaught at its upper end in the waistband seamand extending to and terminating at the center of the back margin 'ofthe crotch section and beingeaugh't at its lower end in the seamsecuring the back margin of the crotch section to the body portion, thetapes being stitched'along their margins to the body portion, andsanitary napkin fasteners attached to the tapes at their lower ends forholding a "sanitary napkin in the crotch section. I

3. A sanitary panty garment having a body portion of thin fabricmaterial consisting of front and back sections joined at stitched sideseams and a one-piece crotch section of impervious material, the bodyportion havmg an elastic waistthe crotch section and being caught at itslower end in the seam securing the front margin of the crotch section tothe body portion, a single narrow fabric tape "on the inside of the backof the bod'y portion caught at its upper end in the waistband seam andeiitending to and terminating at the center of the back margin of thecrotch section andbeing caught at its lower end in the seam securing theback margin of the crotch section to the body portion, the 'tapes beingstitched along their margins to the body portion, and sanitary napkinfasteners attached to the tapes attheir lowerends for holding a sanitarynapkin inplace in the crotch section.

4. A sanitary -parity garment having a body portion of thin fabricmaterial'consisting of front and back sections joined at stitched sideseams and a one-piece crotch section of impervious material, the bodyportion having an 'elastic waistband seamed thereto by stitching, thebody portion and crotch sections being shaped to provide leg openings,the crotch section having side margins extending along the leg openingsand front andjback margins extending from one leg opening of the garmentto the other the front and back margins of the crotch section beingseamed bystitching to the body portion throughout their extent, elasticbands encircling the leg openings stitched to the margins of the bodyportion at the leg ppenings and the side margins of the crotch section,a single narrow fabric tapeon the inside of the front of the bodyportion caught at its upper end in 'the waistband seam andpxten'ding toandterminating at the center of the front margin of the crotch sectionand being caught at its lowei end in the seam securing the front mar-giner the crotch section to the body portion, "a single narrow fabric tapeon the inside of the back of the body portion caught at its upper end inthe waistband seam and extending to and terminating at the center of theback margin of the crotch s ection and being caught at its lower end inthe seam securing the back margin of the crotch section to the bodyportiomsthe tapes being stitched along their margins to the bodyportion, and sanitary napkin fasteners attached to the tapes at theirlower ends for holding a sanitary napkin in in he mwwe b i- ,7. r

5. A sanitary panty garment as set forth in la m. 4. wh rei fii as ene sa e. a ch d by ch n o the tape a t i l we en Just above the crotchsection seams and extend over the crotch section seams.

References cute are file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Numbername Date D 144,29'0 De Woskin Apr. 2, I946 seamen PATENTS NumberCountry Date 127,502 Switzerland Jan. 16, 1928 168,478 Austria Dec. 15,1950

